# Ship switchboard earth fault

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ship-switchboard-earth-fault/61013>\
**Category:** Marine Engineering\
**Created:** [October 16, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ship-switchboard-earth-fault/61013 "2021-10-16T21:32:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/ship-switchboard-earth-fault/61013/37 "2021-10-20T11:49:16Z")

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> [@Steamer](#):
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> a very real electrocution hazard to anyone who touches the compressor frame and any other grounded item.

The was what [I was wondering about.](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/washing-machine-maintenance-aboard/57708/7)

> I had one hand on the machine and I leaned back to ponder the question and I put my other hand on a steel stanchion. POW - I got a huge electrical shock .

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